in photos they appeared young and in love. but then lacey peterson eight months pregnant disappeared before christmas and soon scott peterson became the prime suspect. >> i had nothing to do with lacey's disappearance. even if you think i did. think about lacey. >> reporter: then the grim discovery. the remains of lacey peterson and her unborn child. pulled out of the water of

richmond. >> you should have been the protecter of him and instead he took his life. >> reporter: how has peterson adjusted to life on san quinton's death row. good evening i'm julie haener. in a redwood city courtroom, the judge called the killings brutal. after the trial, peterson was sent to san quinton jail and he

remains there. on the day peterson was arrested, rene camp looked back at the couple's days together and the search. >> reporter: lacey rocha and scott peterson met in a cafe. lacey was a waitress, and scott stoped in every now and again. the two -- two opened up a restaurant but then decided to sell the restaurant. they decided to name their son conner and it seemed to outsiders that the couple was happy. then their life story began to unravel. on the night of december 23rd, lacey's mother said she spoke to her daughter making plans for the christmas holiday. lacey8 months pregnant and it

was the last time anyone heard from her. scott peterson reported his wife missing. scott told police he had gone on a fishing trip to the berkeley marina and when he returned, he said lacey was gone. scott supported by lacey's family initially went into seclusion and then took part in the search himself. 11 days after lacey's disappearance, using sonar searchers discovered what thought to be a body in the water it turned out to be a boat anchor. police at the time said scott peterson was not a suspect but did not rule him out. scott then began a round of media interviews saying he wanted to keep the media focused on lacey. >> everyone if you think i did, think about lacey. and i know there's a nation

that wants to bring her home to our families. okay and so you can think what you want of me. question my moral character, question how i've acted. obviously i'm not media savvy so i've made some mistakes. but lacey is missing. she need to be home with her family. >> reporter: in less than two weeks, a rift seemed to grow between scott and his inlaws while they continued to search around modesto scott we believe -- scott went to los angeles to he said pass out fliers. and lacey's family says for the first time they've lost faith in scott's innocence. one week later a fresno massage therapist stepped forward and said she was the other woman.

>> i'm very sorry for lacey's family and the pain this has caused them. >> reporter: meanwhile police kept searching the marina as lacey's due date past. and scott peterson sold the family car and was trying to sell their home. police asked for a warrant, scott seemed to leave for parts unknown. after almost two months, the body of scott and lacey's baby conner washed ashore. one day later one mile away, lacey peterson's body washed up. today her husband scott peterson was arrested. and for many who have followed this case for four months the mystery of what happened to

lacey peterson and her baby has finally come to an end. the jury found scott peterson guilty and recommended the death penalty. before reaching their decision, jurors looked at photos of a pregnant lacey peterson and photos of what remained of her and her unborn son. >> little man that's what i called him. conner. that was the hardest for me. because like i said that was his daddy who did that. his daddy should have been the protecter of him -- protector of him and instead he took his life. no emotion, no anything. that spoke a thousand words. that was loud and clear. >> reporter: in march of 2005, the judge followed the jurors

recommendation sentencing peterson to death. many were in tears that day in court. but scott peterson had little reaction to the news whispering to his lawyers, a day after the sentencing, david stevenson went to modesto where police and prosecutors talked about the case. >> a day after scott peterson sentencing to death, modesto police said prosecuting attorneys still have questions about how and why peterson committed the murders. >> i think he will go to his grave with his mouth tightly sealed just as he has for this long. >> i saw major concerns for not lacey. he was more concerned about one car door hitting another car door. or getting a receipt for a slipper that was going to be used. >> reporter: a turning point in the case came from amber frye

who provided police with hours of conversations on tape. >> so you think i had something to do with her disappearance. >> there was plenty of evidence to prove that a homicide was committed and that he was responsible for that. >> reporter: like everyone else who followed this story, the case has left authorities here with mixed emotions. revulsion for the peterson crime and grief for the rocha family. scott peterson behind the walls of san quentin prison. a look at his life on death row. and peterson still maintains his innocence. what he had to say about possible evidence before he was arrested.

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san quinton east death row. we found out how scott peterson is doing in death row. >> reporter: it's known as death row, 663 men live here isolated from the rest of the prison population, partly for their own protection. when a death row inmate leaves the building to go to the infirmary for instance he goes in handcuffs with a guard by his side. we wondered what life is like here for some of california's most infamous murders.

how a scott peterson adapting to prison life. what is it like to deal with richard ramirez the night stalker. state law preventing us from interviewing state prison inmates on camera so we spoke to lieutenant sam robinson who says most inmates make no trouble. >> you look at them and they have something that make your skin crawl. yeah. >> reporter: this is peterson as he entered prison. this is him now. peterson not only gets love letters from women as you might expect he also gets money, strangers have mailed him thousands of dollars. >> with scott i would say he's adjusted very, very well. he hasn 't had any issues with any of the other inmate population that he's allowed to

interact with. he stays to himself, he minds the rules here. he's become a programming inmate. >> reporter: peterson is not the only celebrity on the row. richard ramirez the night stalker gets requests for locks of his hair. ramirez is responsible for 16 horrifying murders, a rapist, slasher, torturer. >> my first interaction with richard ramirez. i remember about 12 years ago now i was escorting him across the yard to a visit. and just i was having light talk with him and he was looking outlooking to the sky. he said you know, he says i came here to california looking for a pot of gold and what i actually found was a pot of iron. i wouldn't feel comfortable with him roaming the streets in my neighborhood. not at all. >> presumably all of these men are waiting to die but it can be a long wait and in the meantime, they have to figure out how to live. >> when we come back on a

second look. scott peterson answers questions about the case before the bodies washed ashore. and the response to the latest ruling that found california's death penalty to be unconstitutional.

welcome back to a second look. tonight a look at the lacey peterson killing and scott peterson trial. peterson's lawyer filed an

automatic appeal to the california supreme court. in that appeal peterson maintaining his innocence. the last time we heard from peterson was in this interview in january of 2003. >> reporter: peterson spoke to us to 30 minutes restricting us to one room and declining to respond to all of our questions he did provide specific answers to a number of things that have created a lot of suspicion about his possible involvement in lacey's disappearancing. including reports that he was seen loading large objects in the back of his truck. >> yeah, a big umbrella we had. it had started raining that

day. so yeah i loaded the big umbrellas. i am stepping out and we talked about the rules of not talking about the investigation. >> reporter: peterson said that blood found in his truck should be expected. >> i'm sure there's my blood everywhere in that truck. i work on farms with machinery. every one that have seen scars on my hand. men we cut each other and we bleed. yeah that's in there. >> reporter: and lacey's too? >> i don't know. i wouldn't assume so. >> reporter: and he also

addressed his relationship with frye. he said he told lacey about it but lied to her family. >> is it something that put your marriage in jeopardy. >> no it did not put marriage in jeopardy. it was not a positive thing. and i think the real question that you're getting at and that everyone wants to know is did that precipitate leading to her disappearance and the answer is no. >> reporter: peterson says he is fully cooperating with the modesto police department. >> i sat down with detectives on numerous occasions including the night of her disappearance, including the next days and continued to receive phone calls from them and talked to them on the phone. >> reporter: the most emotional part of the interview came while scott peterson was discussing his relationship with his wife lacey and the

nursery the two had created for their unborn son conner. >> that door is closed. i can't open that door. >> you worked on it? what was the sort of preparation did you do? >> yeah, it's outfitted, the furniture is there, it's painted. ready. all the itty bitty clothes and all those wonderful things we have. >> reporter: when scott peterson arrived in san quentin there were 640 prison they -- prisoners. 10 years later there's 749. san quentin is filling up. another housing unit will be converted to hold condemned inmates by this june. the last time california executed a prisoner was nine years ago. according to a death penalty information center report, california has spent more than $4 billion on the death penalty since 1978. $1billion of that was for

incarceration. nearly 2 billion is on pretrial and trial costs. and another $1.7 billion on appeals. last july a federal judge ruled that california's death penalty procedure is systematically flawed and therefor unconstitutional. at that time, ken pritchett explained how some say the ruling could lay the ground work for the end of the death penalty in california. >> reporter: for the condemned at san quentin this ruling could mean an end to their stay on death row. an idea that outrages some. >> that infuriates me. >> reporter: mark class has waited more than 40 years for the execution of the man who murdered his daughter poly. a ruling that means more of a delay. >> it's another slap to the face to the voters of california. >> this is a system that's completely broken. on a lot of levels. >> reporter: bob dunlap calls the judge's decision courageous.

>> for many reasons the death penalty is wrong. and judge carney had summed that up by saying the decision is wrong. >> reporter: they found the process dysfunctional. >> the dysfunction is for this judge was the delay. the amount of time it took from the time somebody would be sentenced to death until they would actually realistically face execution. >> reporter: u.s.s. school of law professor says the ruling is a finding that california's death penalty is arbitrary. those executed are those who clear the legal process first. >> in terms of retribution, it can't serve any purpose because retribution is supposed to satisfy the community outrage. but 25 years later the community doesn't even know about the case. >> reporter: some see the ruling as potentially a major step toward justice. >> hopefully where we go from here is an end to the death

penalty in california. >> reporter: others a blow to victims seeking justice. >> reversing over700 jury decisions regarding individuals who should be executed and now may not be. >> last august, california attorney general camela harris announced the state would appeal the federal judge's decision. in a statement she said the ruling was not supported by the law. the jurors talk about the jury's deliberation and how the -- may have changed the outcome.

when lawyers for scott peterson filed their appeal in his case they argued he could not have had a fair trial in san mateo county because of all the publicity in the case. but as claudine wong reported in 2009, one juror described how the jury handled the media attention on the case and when the scales tipped for him. >> he was known simply as juror number eight. one of 12 people given the job of deciding scott peterson's guilt or innocence. >> i didn't know the enormity of the responsibility as i do now. >> reporter: juror john guenaso says the prosecution started off badly. >> the prosecution, my first impressions, they seemed intimidated. disoriented, outmatched. >> reporter: guanaso says mark garagos was confident and in

control but everything changed when juror number five was dismissed. when justice faulkner was kicked off was because of a brief encounter with lacey's brother. but guanaso says that it was a letter that he wrote to the judge himself. >> i said i rather not continue as a juror and continue a process like this if it's not going to be legitimate. >> reporter: he told the judge the prosecution and defense that faulkner that he would not stop talking about the prosecutors so guanaso was dismissed. >> i would say if faulkner stayed on the trial it would have been a hung jury there's

no question in my mind. >> reporter: when amber frye took the stand, momentum began to shift. >> and i'm saying to myself, how low can you get. as a human being, i mean if you go to that extreme, why not the other -- one more step and commit murder. at that point, i started out with innocence and the scale was tilted before >> reporter: but he says it was the remains mains were found. >> it was near the where the marina peterson had been. >> i pointed out jury

misconduct investigation. she became a little nervous. >> reporter: on november 9th, gorman was dismissed. deliberations started over but the problems continued. guanaso says foreman gregory jackson could not get process going. >> i raised my voice. at that point he says, to everybody in the room i'm writing a letter to the judge i want off the trial. he told the whole room he's never been in a meter like that and there's too much hostility in the room. >> reporter: guanaso says jackson was dismissed after writing a second letter to the judge and admitting he talked about the case outside the deliberation room. and when he left guanaso says peterson's last chance of a hung jury went with him. >> all i could do was hang the jury. that was his belief. he should have hung the jury. he let himself down. he didn't let us down he let himself down. >> reporter: two days later, scott peterson was convicted of murdering his wife and unborn son. >> if scott would have took the

stand during the penalty phase and showed some remorse, i definitely would have voted for life. >> he will die with more dignity with being injected, with lethal doze of poison than lacey peterson and her babysitting at the bottom of the bay. >> as for juror number eight, guanaso says he will move on with no regrets. >> that's it for this week's second look. i'm julie haener, thank you for watching.

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